@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org that -P is a life saver when running rsync over spotty connections. In my very illiterate opinion, it should always be a default.

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org If rsync is interrupted, it doesn’t delete any files that were transferred completely so it will “resume” from that last complete transfer. However, it does delete any partially transferred file. --partial keeps that partial file around on the destination machine so it can continue right where it left off.